Geographic location and the diffusion of Internet technology

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Forman, Chris ^a   Goldfarb, Avi ^b   Greenstein, Shane ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Economic analysis; Electronic commerce; Internet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COSTS; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; URBAN PLANNING;

ADOPTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GLOBAL VILLAGE THEORY; INDUSTRY COMPOSITION THEORY;

INTERNET;

EID: 13544264504     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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